Proverbs 12:21
No vain striving of iniquity shall happen to the upright, 2 but the wicked shall be filled with evil. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, 2 but joy comes to the promoters of peace. 1
22Lying lips are an abomination to Adonai, 2 but those who do the truth are his delight. 1
Cross References
Psalms 121:7Adonai will keep you from all evil. 2 He will keep your soul. 1
Proverbs 11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, 2 but the offspring of the upright will be delivered. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:21
Weighty Sayings. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Note, 1. Those that devise mischief contrive, for the accomplishing of it, how to impose upon others; but it will prove, in the end, that they deceive themselves. Those that imagine evil, under colour of friendship, have their hearts full of this and the other advantage and satisfaction which they shall gain by it, but it is all a cheat. Let them imagine it ever so artfully, deceivers will be deceived. 2.… Read the whole commentary →